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An Ohio megachurch’s revival of religious community activism

How housing ordinances are making poverty a crime

How birth-control leaders found allies in American religious groups

What Dave Eggers misses in his story of a Yemeni-American man’s rise

Germany’s risky law for stopping hate speech on Facebook and Twitter

The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people

How should we understand the history of political corruption in America?

What’s happening to the GOP’s global affairs brain trust?

A coup in Zimbabwe brought down Robert Mugabe, a liberation hero who became a corrupt dictator. But can this mean the start of a real democratic era?

HBO’s "Barry" refreshes elements of noir, as a hitman dreams of Hollywood.

An economist’s view of the American political process

The earnest, ironic stylings of Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs”

How Trump's business partnerships in India are creating conflicts of interest in the White House and corrupting the presidency

Why does Steven Pinker insist that human life is on the up?

What happens when the president goes to war with his own spies?

The tradition of conspiracy theories and hate groups behind the alt-right

The generational shift that made tech companies a cultural and political force